Development of a general ecosystem model for a range of scales and ecosystems

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 263-295

  Fitz, H C ^a   DeBellevue, E B ^a   Costanza, R ^a   Boumans, R ^b,d   Maxwell, T ^a   Wainger, L ^a   Sklar, F H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

GEM; Hydrology; Nutrients; Process oriented models; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

GENERAL ECOSYSTEM MODEL; MODELLING;

EID: 0030514448     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00112-3     Document Type: Article

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